Pressing-form for sole-laying machines



(No Model.)

B. E. WINKLEY. PRESSIN'G FORM FOR SOLE LAYING MAGHINES.

No. 573,069. Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O EETQE.

ERASTUS E. WINKLEY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOOD- YEAR SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF BOSTON,'MASSACIIUSETTS.

PR'ESSlNG- FORM FOR SOLE-LAYING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,069, dated December 896- Application fil d February 21, 1896. Serial No. 580,260. (No model.)

T0 to whom, it may concern.- top plan View of the shank-supporting plate;

Be it known that I, ERASTUS E. IVINKLEY, a and Fig. 7 is a section. (reduced scale) taken citizen of the United States,.residing at Lynn, on line y y, Fig. 1. in the county of Essex and'Oomlnonwealth of Similar letters and figures of reference re- 5 Massachusetts, have invented anew and usefer to similar parts throughout the several.-/'"*''* ful Improvement in Pressing-Forms for Soleviews.

Laying Machines, of which the following, In the drawings, A represents a suitable taken in connection with the accompanying support or bed, which may be of any suitable drawings, is a specification. construction, but which I prefer to form of a to Ithas heretoforebeen proposedto construct rigid plate having the general longitudinal a pressing-form for sole-laying machines emcontour of the bottom of a last. bodying in its structure a pressing-pad com- The bedAinaybe secured to the machine by posed of a series of independent sections pivan arbor extending through the bearing a in otally supported and free to tip longitudinally, the boss a, or in any other suitable manner.

i 5 (in the direction of the length of the for1n,) to 1 B represents an elastic pressing-pad, pref conform to the shape of the bottom of a last erably made of rubber or rubber material to which the form is applied. The abovand comprising a series of independent secsuggested arrangement has heretofore been tions 1), b, and 19 Each of the sections 7), found to be objectionable in that as the in- Z), and b is preferably hollow, or, more aczo dependent sections change their longitudinal curately speaking, the edge-pressing portion inclination the position of their adjacent ends thereof is reinforced by an elastic reinforcchanges, so that instead of being substaning-strip. In accordance with the present tially in contact witheach other, as required invention the sections Z) Z2 11 are suitably supto smoothly laya sole, they become separated ported from the bed A and are arranged to 25 or crowded onto each other, sothat the sole tip longitudinally to vary their relative 1011- is creased or otherwise improperly laid. gitudinal inclination and are movable longi- The object of the present invention is to tudinally to vary the relative longitudinal remedy the objection above noted and to iniposition, so that they will conform accurately prove and render more efficient other portions to the shape of the bottom of the last to which 0 of the form; and to such end the present inthey are applied.

vention consists in providing in a pressing- In the preferred form of my invention form a pressing-pad comprising a series of shown in the drawings I secure the above-deindependent sections arranged to tip longiscribed result as follows: The pad-sections tudinally to vary their relative longitudinal b b b are respectively secured to the sup- 5 inclination and movable longitudinally toporting-plates d, d, and d convenientlyby ward and away from each other to vary their means of the bolts 1 1, extending through relative longitudinal position, and, further, suitable bolt-holes in the lugs 2 2 2, &c., on of the devices and combination of devices the plates d, cl, and (1 Each of the plates hereinafter set forth and claimed. (1, cl, and d preferably corresponds in shape 40 i The present invention is illustrated in the to the portion of the bed B under which it is accompanying drawings, in whichlocated. In each of the plates d, cl, and d Figure 1 is a side View of a form embody- I form the longitudinal slots d (F, preferably ing the same. Fig. 2 is a similar View showcentrally located therein and adjacent to oping the parts in a changed position. Fig. 3 posite ends thereof. To each of the slots d (l 45 is a section 011 line a; .90, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a is fitted a block d grooved upon opposite top plan viewof one of the supporting-plates sides to engage the plate in which the slotis which in the preferred formof my invention formed and free to reciprocate along said support the pad-sections. Fig. 5isatop plan slot. Each of the blocks 61 is preferably View of one of the pad-sections. Fig. 6 is a formed of an upper plate 3 and-a lower plate I 4, between which is formed a socket d to which is fitted a ball d. The ball cl is secured to the lower end of a threaded bolt al which is provided with a correspondinglythreaded bearing in the bed A. To permit the ball (1- to be inserted in the socket d", the upper plate 3 is formed of two sections 5 and 6, the perforation 7, which receives the bolt d being formed partially in each. The sections 5 and 6 are bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the plate 4 to form the block (1 The lugs 2 2 are projected above the plates (1, d, and (1 to which they are secured, and engage the sides of the bed A, acting to prevent any lateral movement of the plates cl, (1, and d From opposite ends of the bed A are projected the downwardly-extendin g lugs a a through threaded hearings in which extend the correspondiugly-threaded bolts 6 e, the inner ends of which bear against the vertical shoulders (Z d t secured, respectively, upon the supporting-plates d and (1 The above-described arrangement is such that by turning the bolts 61 d the .plates d, cl, and d? and the pad-section b, b, and I) carried thereby may be tippedlongitu'dinally and set at any desired angle, and then by turning the bolts 6 e the plates cl d (Z and their supported pad-sections may be moved longitudinal-1y to approximate their adjacent ends, the blocks (Z sliding in the slots (2 or, it the change of inclination brings the-sections b, b, and 19 too closely together, the bolts 6 6 may be turned in an opposite direction and the sections 1), l), and I) allowed to move apart. I desire to say in this connection that while I prefer to have all the pad-sections movable, as hereinbefore described, such arrangement is not essential to the present invention, and good results can be secured by arranging the toe and heel sections, or even the toe-section alone, to be movable, as hereinbe'fore described, while the other sections are arranged in the usual manner.

In practice I provide in each-ofthe lugs a a slot a, which receives the shoulder (1 so that said shoulder further acts to's-teady and guide the plate to which it is attached.

I wouldfurther say that in practice I provide a proj-ectedshank-section b, and in connection therewith a spring=supported shanle block f, which bears upon the projected shank portion with a yielding pressure, which may 'be regulated by means of the adjusting-bolt f. I do not, however, consider a detailed description of the shank-block and itscontrolling mechanism necessary in the present application, as the same isshown and fully-described in another application filed January 14, 1896, Serial No. 575,491. Imay say, however, that when theshank-block f-is used the plate cl is cut away at f (see Fig. 6) to receive the upper portions of the same, and the sides of the shank-block f are projected be- 3 tween 'thepl-atecl and the p'a'd section bi.

Having thus described my invention and its mode of operation, I claim as novel and desire to secure by Letters Patent of. the'United States- 1. In a pressing-form for sole-laying machines the combination, with a suitable support therefor, of an elastic pad comprising heel and shank sections, and an independent toe-section, arranged to tip longitudinally to vary its longitudinal inclination, and movable longitudinally toward and from the shanksection, substantially as described.

2. In a pressing-form for sole-laying machines the combination with a suitable bed, of a series of independent supports on said bed, a series of independent elastic pad-sections mounted upon said supports, and an elastic reinforcing-strip interposed between each section and its support and covering substantially the edge-pressing portion of each section, substantially as described.

3. In a pressing-form for sole-laying machines the combination, with a suitable support therefor, '01: a series of independent padsections, means for tipping said sections to adjust their longitudinal inclination, and means for longitudinally moving said sections to approximate or separate their adjacent ends, substantially as described.

4. In a pressing-form for sole-laying machinesthe combination with a suitable bed, of a series of supporting-plates supported from said bed, a series of hollow elastic pads'ections mounted upon said plates, means for tipping the plates to adjust their longitudinal inclination, and means for longitudinally moving the plates to approximate or separate their adjacent ends, substantially as described.

5. In a "form for sole-laying machines the combination with a suitable bed, of a series of independently-1novable supports secured to said bed, independent toe and heel pressing sections and a projected shank-pressing section mounted upon said supports, and a yieldingly-supported shank-block interposed between the sllanlepressing section and its support, -substantial'ly as described.

6. Ina pressing-form for sole-laying machines the combination, with a suitable support thereforof an elastic pressing-pad, comprising an independently-movable section, and a longitudinally tipping and sliding support for said section, substantially as de scribed.

7. In a pressing-form 'fo'r sole-laying machines the cembination, with a suitable bed, of an elastic pressing-pad comprising an indepen dently movable section ,an independent support for said section, and a sliding and tipping connection between said support and bed, substantially as described.

8. In a pressing-form for sole-laying'machines the combination, with a suitable bed, of an elastic pressing-pad comprising an independently-movable section, a longitudinally-slotted plate supporting said section,

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and connections between the plate and bed chines, the combination, with a suitable bed, of a pressing-pad comprising an independently-movable section, and a support for said section interposed between the same and the bed, and lugs on said support arranged to engage opposite sides of the bed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, this 7th day of February, 1896.

ERASTUS E. WINKLEY.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN PHILLIPS, A. WHYTE. 

